What gets lost in this kind of food fight is the extent to which there is agreement on many of the really important issues.

Disagreement about the extent to which Israelis were culpable in the Shatila Sabra massacres is less important than agreement that all those who were culpable were criminal, and deserved to be punished in ways which they were not. So far as I can see, everyone here agrees on this.

Disagreement about the exact classification of White Phosphorous as a tool of war is less important than agreement that its use against civilian populations is intolerable, and that it was used in such a way in Gaza. So far as I can see, everyone here agrees on this.

Disagreement about the past history of what has been called "Cisjordan" (the region between the Jordan and the Mediterranean), and the shape of any future settlement, is less important than agreement that both Israelis and Palestinians have a right to live there in peace. So far as I can see, everyone here agrees on this.

Yes, so far as I can see, everyone here agrees on all these. But it is quite possible to find people who disagree on all of them - and those are the disagreements that matter.